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Post by emack2 Wed 30 Oct 2013, 7:29 pm

Venue                 Final                                      PlayOff    [Winners first]
1987                     NZ                  NZ v France 29-9                Wales v Australia 22-21
1991                    Europe   Australia v England 12-6                   NZ  v Scotland 13-6
1995                     SA                  SA v  NZ       15-12*           France v England 19-9
1999                   Wales       Australia v France  35-12                SA    v   NZ      22-18  
2003                  Australia    England  v Australia 20-17*            NZ    v France  40-13
2007                  France               SA  v England 15-6        Argentina   v France 34-10
2011                   NZ                   NZ  v France     8-7           Australia v Wales21-18


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Post by timhen Wed 30 Oct 2013, 9:14 pm

emack2 wrote:                            Venue                 Final                                      PlayOff    [Winners first]
1987                     NZ                  NZ v France 29-9                Wales v Australia 22-21
1991                    Europe   England v Australia 12-6                   NZ  v Scotland 13-6
1995                     SA                  SA v  NZ       15-12*           France v England 19-9
1999                   Wales       Australia v France  35-12                SA    v   NZ      22-18  
2003                  Australia    England  v Australia 20-17*            NZ    v France  40-13
2007                  France               SA  v England 15-6        Argentina   v France 34-10
2011                   NZ                   NZ  v France     8-7           Wales     v Australia 21-18  
   
Hate to criticise emack, but a couple of those entries need correcting.  I would have remembered England winning in '91 and Wales didn't beat Australia in the 2011 play-off.

                           Venue                 Final                                      PlayOff    [Winners first]
1987                     NZ                  NZ v France 29-9                Wales v Australia 22-21
1991                    Europe   Australia v England 12-6                   NZ  v Scotland 13-6
1995                     SA                  SA v  NZ       15-12*           France v England 19-9
1999                   Wales       Australia v France  35-12                SA    v   NZ      22-18  
2003                  Australia    England  v Australia 20-17*            NZ    v France  40-13
2007                  France               SA  v England 15-6        Argentina   v France 34-10
2011                   NZ                   NZ  v France     8-7           Australia     v Wales 21-18

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Post by doctor_grey Wed 30 Oct 2013, 9:49 pm

If I take all these results and feed them into my Cray Supercomputer and run the special NASA developed algorithm, it tells me England will win the next World Cup.  
Ably led by Captain Chris Ashton.

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Post by timhen Wed 30 Oct 2013, 9:50 pm

Directly lifted from Wikipedia, might I also suggest these tables could aid any debate

Team records

Team                Champions          Runners-up                     Third                     Fourth
New Zealand    2 (1987, 2011)    1 (1995)                          2 (1991, 2003)      1 (1999)
Australia           2 (1991, 1999)    1 (2003)                         1 (2011)                 1 (1987)
South Africa       2 (1995, 2007)    –                                    1 (1999)                 –
England             1 (2003)             2 (1991, 2007)                –                           1 (1995)
France               –                         3 (1987, 1999, 2011)     1 (1995)                 2 (2003, 2007)
Wales                –                         –                                     1 (1987)                 1 (2011)
Argentina          –                         –                                     1 (2007)                 –
Scotland            –                         –                                     –                            1 (1991)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup#Team_records


Success rate

Team                Appearances   Won    Win rate (Tournaments)    Win rate (Matches)
South Africa      5                     2         40%                                   86%
New Zealand     7                    2         29%                                   88%
Australia            7                    2          29%                                   85%
England             7                    1          14%                                   73%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_World_Cup#Success_rate

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Post by emack2 Wed 30 Oct 2013, 9:51 pm

Duly corrected my original data included everything from group stages onwards but hurriedly
transcribed collation in bad light prior to posting.thanks for the heads up.

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